Applied Spine Technologies (AST), an emerging surgical implant company developing the M–Brace™ System, a stabilization device that supports the spine while preserving motion and flexibility, received $15 million in venture capital to commercialize the...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that specific substances in the urine of pregnant women could serve as a screening/diagnostic tool for preeclampsia (hypertension and proteinuria during pregnancy). The study is published in March issue...
Yale University will hold the second annual Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education on April 1 and 2 in the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St. Titled “A View from the Disciplines: Diversity and Inclusion in Curricula, Pedagogy and...
The Yale College term bill for 2005–6 will be $41,000, an increase of 5.5 percent over the current charge for undergraduate tuition and room and board, the University has announced. “Along with spending from the endowment and other sources, the term bill...
New York Times Columnist David Brooks will visit Yale University on Tuesday, March 29th as the next Poynter Fellow in Journalism. David Brooks’ discussion of “The Future of American Politics,” will take place at 4:30 P.M. in Linsly–Chittenden Hall, Room...
Retired Yale University French Professor Jacques Guicharnaud, 80, died at home in New Haven on March 5. Guicharnaud was the Benjamin F. Barge Professor of French. He taught at Yale from 1950 until his retirement in 1997, with the exception of a brief...
The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization is pleased to announce that Nayan Chanda, the editor of YaleGlobal Online, is the recipient of the 2005 Shorenstein Award for Journalism. Chanda, who is also the director of publications for the...
Distinguished Yale professor and celebrated literary critic Harold Bloom will receive the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2005 in Odense, Denmark, on April 2 in an event to launch a year–long 200th birthday celebration for the city’s most famous native son...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a gene for age–related macular degeneration (AMD) on a region of chromosome 1, leading the way for targeted treatment for this widespread eye disease that causes blindness in millions of people. The...
Hundreds of public school children will visit the Yale University campus for educational and cultural programs this month, beginning on March 8 with the New Haven Public Schools’ 11th annual City–wide Science Fair. Other events at Yale in March include a...